more info
http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13642774&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6
Your instincts were right.
How long time we hear about what a sad life the 10th grader has, how his father is either gone or a drunk who beats him, how his mother blah blah blah...
The kid should be kicked out of the school. Let the little punk go be the new kid somewhere else and hey... bring the camera.